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That the secoz - ,d plan, marked (C.) si.ew*te the best pt' my judgment the outlines of a convet.ient ilifirriviry, and' at the : same tiale - leaves land suffix den tor the,vills propost , d._. The infirmary and its apporterianc..:3, :`use of the old materials, Nvoilid cost about 21),',0001. ' And that the thCrd: plan, marked (B.) proposes not only, ait infirmary.. with .its appurtenances, is piked in a ranCia . better situation, and also shews the possibility of pt'oviding for all the,wants of this great national institution, if- now, or at any future.. time, Government should be pleased so to, direct. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble Seririff, -- , (Signed) JOHN SOA Cl". of the Works. To Gco. Aust, Esq. . , 4—Sir IY• Farquhar, and Mr. Knight: Report relative to the New Infirmary, Army Medical Board Office, May igth; !So& • Sir-•--In compliance with the direClions Of the Lords and others,.Commissioners for the Affairs -of Chelsea Hospital, to state our opinion of the corn-, parative advantages of the 131 an for converting cer tain buildnws (late in the possession of Lord Yarbo rough) to the pmposeof.adinfirmary, with another for eretting an entice new building on' some other part of the ground, We have twice examined with much attention the lands and premises in question, and now proceed to submit our thoughts on the pro posals referred to us. The. present state of the buildings seetn generally substantial, tho Ugh, in some places partially dilapi dated; There is great . capability in tbe.house and o:fices, for the accommodation in view, even to the extent of 80 or 190 patients. The ground is no doubt dantp, and the laud•spiings lie so high,as to make it necessary for the whole to be completely drained. The bru:sliwbod should be cleared, and many of the trees he tut down, to give a free circu lation of air, so abs:lutely necessary w an infirmary ; find a sheltered colotinade shoUld be added . to the house, for the'air and excercise of the invalids. • With regard to erecting en entire new boilding, it does not appear to us that such vi ill be at all neces sary; even if it should be thttught . of, it ocght to be ereiled utierc the i house now is (or near to it), as be the" driest part of the soil, and at the-greater distauce from the false and swampy ground near the ricer, the approach to which for many months in the year would be very improper foi the . cohltalescent§ of the infirmary. We have. the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient humble Servants, (Signed) W. FARQUHAR. • F. KNIGHT, Ceo. Autr, Esq. Secretary to the Commissioners Chelsea'Hospital. 5. —First Report, on the Infirmary at Chelsea Hospital ; by G. Saunders. May 3r, 184. 81R—In compliance with your letter of the 16th in , tant, directing me to transmit to you, for the in fo' drition of the 'Lords and others, Commissioners tut the affairs of -Chelsea Hospital, my opinion, - iv: On the comparative advantage to the Hospi tal; of the' plan for converting the buildings lately occupied by Lord Yarborough, to the purpose of an infirmary . , or of that for erecting an entire new build ing on Some other part of the ground, as propOsed by Mr. Soane . 2d. To. state the estimate of the expence of the new budding, compared with that of - altering the present building. And if in my power '3d. To suggest•a still more eligible plan for ;the pw pose. On these three heads; I submit the best opinion I have been able to form in` the short time that has been atTairded me for' the purpose ; .and as the pros priety of that opinion must Very'rnuch dependon my entertaining correct views of the subject, I beg leave to.state , a tew preliminary observations. , i imagine' the subjeet under consideration is to he regarded more than as a common case of an itilirtbary ; this establishment - being an, as - j.lurn far, invalids, both in respect to the ordinary infirmities of-bld•• age, and in respeet to peirbanent htirtS re ctived in the course of . a military life. An infirm ary is risnally provided for 'ihereception of persons who are temporary inhabitants, and who seldom expect .to resort to, it a second' time ;" but here a great number are to regard the infirmary,' during the residue of their lives, as the objeel. for which they were admitted into the hospital ; and Mr. Keate, in his - letter to Mr. Soane, of Feb. 15, 1809, requires provision to be made " for'it least 80," being, one sixth of the whole number of honge-pensionth: Un der these„circvanstances, the' Infirmary claims to be a principal part of the establishment; no less requiring -- accommodations for thecomfort of:the pensioners than the main Witting of the hospital; and as; according to the observation of :Dr. Moseley, in hi's letter to the Guveinor, dated the 20th of December 1802, "It certainly appears, that when the hospital was founded, a proper infirmary, and rooms for the matron, nurses, mates, and other attendants on the sick, were not thought ot."—l suppose that, as far as the means will allow, the opportunity is now to be taken for supplying the deficiency in every way that can bene fit the hospital. On the first question, I beg to observe, that' there are'three plans referred to in Mf; Soane's letter to Mr. just, of the 16th of May, 1809 : The first plan is for " appropriating the premises, late Lord Yarborough's to the purposes of an In trmary." The situation of this is at the north end of !hew:out - m(1 adjoining the stable-yard. The:second (plan marked C.) is fur building anew Infirm iry at the south end of the narrow part of the g.trden ground. The third (plan marked B.) is for building a new infirmary in front of the• upper terrace, hi the broad part of the garden ground looking towards the The second plan (C.) bring, as stated, for accom ma& n:g the ground to . two purposes, and being in' a confined situation, dues nut require any further ot:ser , at ion ; my remarks will therefore be restri&ed to tiie first and third plans. 'pave attentively examined the two spots of the tir•.l - and third plans, with respeEt to dryness; and - from what 1 have now observed, as well as from my pr,vions acquaintance with the premises, the ; indi c.',ti,;ns of dryness appear to me to be in favour of to it j :, thisttgu et.t is termed . on the of the 'wound and buildings. How r o-,:ist air in the vicint:y of the rher may render t e s.nwilou on the 'retrace less desirabie for as It . _ firmary, is a vestion which gentlenien of the medi cal proksson must be the tilest competent to answer ; the sitnation of the Terrace beirig about the average dista►uce of three hundred,feetaisil that of the first plan being about twice the distaride of the Terrace trorn the river. . . refAJECI to airiness,- the first "plan :is sur rounded by nuilditigs, some adjoining, and some, but little distant, except an opening along the nar row part of the garden ground, which admits of a elearpassag,e froth 'the river to the Infirmary. The first plan is objectionable , in regard to annoyances.— According to this plan, the Infirmary is to adjoin a stable-yard; and as it is proposed to clear away the partitions that form passages in the old building, on the sides of the-stable,yard and offices, in order to make rooms of a prOper breadth for the wards of the Infirmary, and 4/or the purpose of having• win dows on both sides of the wards, windows will then open toy' Ards 'the stable MI,. the 'Coal yard, and a confined court next to the Chelsea-road. These'ob- . jeCtions might not have been remarked' in first consideration of the. Infirmary, under. the impres sion of this spot having been the residence of noble families; but when it is explained that the 'unplea sant aspects were entirely confined to the offices and passages, and that all the principal rooms 1041:- .. .' edtowarus the garden, as will be readily seen, arid what Was' not obje6tionable as the residence of an in dividu'al, may become so when Atered tor a large nutnbe'r of diseased persons to be lleaed together , ih it. - • r, 6e continued. 3 Aaßtvzo-1 Leeward Island., i Dublin. D;:a-- . —t.Malts, • I GotteuburAn t 3 .Waterford. • PRICE OF• STOCKS • THIS DAY AT TWALV't O ' CLOCK. Consols - - ()Ski ktcd. Ana. • . a; TEI E SU N. SOLSM 2E/IS DICIRIS rncium 41„:13IAT ? 1, 0 N 0 IV, :DA7, SFF-TEnBER I, 180). Letters have this day been received from Vienna, dated the Bths ult. which state,' that preliminaries of ,Peace bad not been signed, nor was there any pro bability of that event taking place, the Emperor of AtfSTRiA having called to his Councils persons knoW n' to be decidedly hostile to a peace with France Under present circumstances. The' following account- of the surrender of the City of Sr. Domingo to the British Forces, seta from Jamaica, is taken from a Nevi York Paper. NEW YORK, JULY 2.8 : —By the British ship, It illium Benning, we have received Port-an-Prince Papers to the Ist inst. from which we iliac extraEted the following article : " From the l'ortau-Prince GazzkttF., of July, t, ISO 9. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM A NATIVE HAYTIAN AT ST. DOMINGO, TO HIS FRIEND IN THIS PLACE, (PORT-AU-PRINCE) DATED JUNE 1 S. " After the long— 'siege we have suffered, and , having endured all the, calamities attached thereto, reduced to the food of every species •of inirual that could be found, and the - small portion, of Stale pro visions Ive . l3ation hand, 'we have at list been obli ged to surrender to the British who, blockaded our port, and prevented our receiving any supplies. • " The terms of capitulation are, that the - French •are to deliver_ up the town, with all its ammuni tion, guns, &c. and the English are to furnish vessels to transport the. French, garrison to Europe." A Mail from `the Leeward Islands - has arrived, brought by the Dispatch Packet, in 38 days, but the letters are not yet delivered. . We received this morning the flowing letter from Harwich : " HARWICH, AUG. 3 1 o'ctocK.---.A- pas senger,arrived this moment from Camp Veer in the Sally transport, *which . came for water, states that letters had been received there fromltotterdam, dated thestiith' announcing that hostilities had actually re-cointnenced between the Austrians and French." We are still unable to communicate to our read ers any' official intelligence from-- the Scheidt.— Some private, accounts have been received by Go vernment, but their contents have not . tran spired. It haS bees asserted by some persons, that the Expedition was about' to return home with out attempting any further operations. If another day or two should elapse without the arrival of any official intelligence, we should not be surpris(.)d.if the same persons were very roundly to assert,* upon the same authority, namely, imagination; that 'the' Expedition bad aatually made great pl - ogress on ifs way home. ,1 Yesterday the' QUERig, Princesses, ELI Z ABETH and AucwsTA, accompanied by Lady THY N NE, Lady AL, CHRSTE%, tite Hon. Mrs. VICLrERS, MISS ELGIN.> Lord and Lady HARCOURT, and their Royal High nesses the Dukes of YORK and CUMBERLAND, rode to Eghan Races, and-, prier viewing the sport, they prixee . ded to on elegant maroe . e, prepared ther reception, in a neighbouring 'laWn, where the 'Royal Party dined. ,:The dinner was prepared by Mr: WHITE, of, the Bush, 'in Staines. The Royal Vi sitors seemed highly gratified with tie day's amuse, meat, and returned to Windsor Palace about seven o'clock in tlie.evening. SECOND EDI'T'ION. SUN-OFFICE, W 0 OCLOCK, P. Dutch Papers were received this day, of the 23d ult. containing intelligence from Paris, 'of the 18th, the substance of which is, that NAPO.. LEON, according to the last adi;ices from Vienna, wag just departing for Raab, in order to attend A - CON.. GRESS WhiCll was to be held there, and that the Ne- gotiation for Peace between France and Austria had made a considerable progress. Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, the Princess AUGUSTA, and Duke of CUMBER LAND, accompanied by LOrdAan4N,,and the. Hon. Miss gGERTON, General FITZROY, and Colonel TAYLOR, rode in Windsor Park. and retwned to the Palace at noon: His MAJESTY had not long returned from his ride, 'when the Duke of ,BauNswicK arrived, who was cordially received by the, KING, and is expe6ted to remain at Windsor for some time. Yesterday his Royal' Highness_the Duke of SUS. SEX left town for Windsor, on a visit to their MA. SESiIES. Yesterday a Cabinet Council was held ,at the Foreiin Office, at which were present the Earls of LIVERPOOL, BATHURST, and CAMDEN; Lords Mu L GRAVE and CASTLEREAGH ; Mr. SecretaryCANNltio, and the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. Yesterday his Royal Highness the Duke of Yoitt. eatertained a select party with an elegant dinner, at his house in the Stable Yard, SC James's. At a, Court of Dire&ors of the Bank of England, held at the;Bank yesterday, the sum. of Five Thou sand Pounds was voted unanicnowily as a subscription to the Patriotic Fund at LLOYD'S. Lieutenant-Colonel MUTER, who so gallantly fell at the head of the But in the battle of Tala. vera, was eldest snn of WILLTAK ..MUTER, 'Ng . . of Antifield. He served in the 4ed regiment in the campaigns on the Continent, in 'Egypt, and i n most of the,adions during the late and present wars. Private accounts Itom Wilicheren, dated the 26th uit. state that our troops continued in South Beve land, except some- which remained on _board the transports that took them from Itammakins, A fri, gate and a brig which were found upon the stocks, at Flushing; were expeded to be soon launched, a sufficient supply Of.stores having been found in the arsenal. There was also a French 74, which might soon be completed by a few En , glish shipwrights. The C , , , mrnander in Chief was at Goes. The pub lic property touted at MiSdlenurgh belonged to the Dwelt East India Company. The Correspondents of the Opposition Papers, who accompanied the Expedition to the'Scheldt, give very gloomy accounts of the state of things; but as they went there for that very purpose, it would be absurd indeed Ao pace couch dependence on what they say. According to 'their reports, our troops are suffering under diseases.peculiA- to the climate, and those dis eases are likely to be extensive in their influence. As those Writers, however, see every, thing with a jaundiced eye, and 'w:ould. most .propably be deeply mortified by prosperous events, it' is not wonderful that their Dispatches-should be of such a nature as to administer consolation to party-spleen at home. By recent letters from Sweden, we learn that a • perfe& good understanding seems restored between that Country and our Commanders in the Baltic ; mutual entertainmetkts .have been given and re • ceived. One is particularly noticed on board his Majesty's ship Stately, off. Helsingbourg ; it con sisted of an elegant ball and supper, given by Rear Admiral BERTIE, the Ist tilt.. to the principal fami . lies in Scania, and Officers of our sOadron, amount ing to 140 gpetsons, which did not break up till 4 A. M. when they separated, highly gratified with their entertainment. Mrs. BISHOP had a numerous audience last night on her benefit at the Lyceutii. The new Opera of Safe and Sound was represented on - the occasion, and it has been so much improved since its first ap 'pearance, that it is now very well received. During the night same of the .music composed by Mr. BISHOP, ffolllthe Opera of The-Circassian Bride, repregented at the late Theatre 'M Drury-lane, was introduced, and very much applauded. This.music in - deed does great credit to the taste and judgment of the. ingenions composer:. DIGNUM, the, singer, it seems, is going upon a musical excursion through the countly, in the wan ner of BANNISTER, M , S, MOUNTAIN, and INCLE- The elder'Dm - nix is to fdruisii him with Songs and matter for r4citatit.,n, which he vdi doubt less delier with peculiar humour. DOW. The near approach of the opening of the Theatres For the winter . .Season.isinaking a aonderful alter ation in those Of,the country. Kings, Queens, and 'Minces, who have„reigned with great eclat in their provincial dramatic kwgdums, are hourly arriving in statp upon the roofs and boxes of the stages, to de, liver messages, and stria as dummies in town, till summer' returns.: " 'i o . make assurance doUhly sure," every part of ,Covent-garden Theatre ha 3 been tried by ,weights, equal to that' of the most crowded audiences it will admit, • and the experiment fully justified he pre viously decided opinion of the best professional judges of its extraordinary stability. Oit_ Saturday se nnigt,t, the freedom of lie City of Cork was unanimously voted in Council *Cap tain Edward Galway, of his Majesty's ship Dryad, as a testimony of the high sense entettained by that 'Corporation of the services he has rendered to his .Country. Captain Galway. - served with the gallant Lord Nelson, and' was his first Lieutenant in the `cnertiorable battle of the Nile. He was then made a Commander, and afterwards, , for his talent and ac- . tivity, made a Post Captain. • M a dinner given by Viscount WELLAN6Toti to General JUNOT,- after the battle of Vinliera, th, Frcnch General candidly confessed' that he hat! passed throUgh the 'English Camp on the day b .tbtt. the ba!tle, with his Aid-de-Camp, in the disgutie of two jolly ,Friar 4 N VA I, I\T IT r• PoaTsmoura, AVG.-31.--Arrived Majesty'; ships Amethyst and Sirius, from Flushing ; his Ma jesty's ship Transit, and sailed again on a cruize ; and a fleet of merchantmen, from the Downs. Sailed his Majesty's ship Surveillante, on a cruize, and his Majesty's ship Jasper, to follow the fleet for Portugal and the Mediterranean, which left Cou•cs Roads th►i morning. FALMOUTH, AUG. fig. Arrived the Di.spafch racket, from the Leeward Island, in 38 days. • Put back, the Mermaid frigate, with the Qbeb;:c convoy. COWES, AUG. 31.—The wind having at last veered round from the North East, the 'Mediterra nean and Portugal convoys got under wci&h, consist ing awo sail. A West India convoy is also going through our Roads froth the Downs, with several vessels bound for Ireland, and a number of coasters. DEAL, AUG. 3l.—Sailed the Bruce, BURDON ; and Astell, DENHAM, for Quebec; ‘SaiTanzento de Souga, for Pernambuco; Santo Lorenzo, FELIX ; Paquet de Batria, for the Brazils; and his Majesty' s ship Hermes, forPortsmoutli. JEF, DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE.NIONEy. To his Majesty's gun-vessel the Wrangler, far the capture of the Vanish privateer Hellgynderen, the Danish Merchant vessels Laurentius, Carolina, and Engel Elizabeth, and the re-capture of the galliot latfrow Tyka, every ~e sday and Friday for three months, at No. 23, Nef:olli.street, Strand. To the gun-brig Cheerly, for the re-capture of the Union, at No. t it, Cecil-street, Strarxd, on the 2:1 of September, and afterwards at the same place. • BRITISH NAVY.--The following is the amount of the: British Naval Force up to thiS day. At sea 94 ships of the line, 15 from 50 to 44 guns, 136 fri4 gates, 149 sloops and yachts, 5 bombs and fire; ships, 7g brigs, 10 cutters, 132 schooners, gun-vessels, loggers, &c. Total 620.—1 n Port and Fitting, 6 of the line, 1 1 from 60 ro 44 guris, 26 frigates, 20 sloops and, yachts, 3 bombs, 16 brigs, 3 Cutters, -at schooners, &c: Total 161—Guard-ships, Hospital ships, Prison-ships, &c. 6 of the line, 2 of 50 guns, 6 frigates, 3 sloops, 1 bomb, 1 critter; 1 schooner. TOtal 14.—1 n Ordinary aad'Repairingli 56 o f the line, I 2 from 50 to 44 guns, 45 frigates, 29 sloops and yachts, 7 bombs and fire-ships, 8 brigs, 3 cut ters, 9 schooners, &c. Total 14—Building, 48 of the line, 27 frigates, 5 sloops and yachts, 6 brigs, t schciotier.Total 87.—Grand Total 1,057. During the thunder storm on • Friday afternoon, the lightning struck the mast of the boat beloneine to his Majesty's: ship Sussex,iying in Sheerness Hare boor, and shivered it to pieces; two men in, the -- boat were struck senseless for a short time, but, did not receive any other injury. Tuesday morning arrived at Plymouth, the rorko of 74 guns, from the Scheldt, 'with 700 prisoners on board, composed of French, Dutch, Swiss, Poles Austrians, and Italians, whom Bu()Neeee,eli at *different times, tbrced into his service. - They have been removed to the prison-shipsin Hathesee. , Wednesday seven line of battle ships and some smaller vessels, arrived at Spithead, with" the pri- 7 soners froth Zealand. With what, were before at .Portsmouth, this wifl make the number of French prisoners there about 20,000. There are now. about 90,000 French prisoners in this kingdom. The following is published in e respedable Morn ing Paper, as an extract of a' Letter from an Officer . on board his Majesty's ship L' Aigle; dated the 22d. ult. but is so much at variance with the accounts previously received, that we entertain considerable - doubts of its correctness. " His Majesty's ship L'Aigle, off Antwerp, Aug. 22. " On the 13th we sailed up the Bever Scheldt, with nine other frigates, and arrived otf Antwerp on the. 16th, where we still remain. , Oer troops will land in a lbw days, to take possession of the fere; .on the main land, which preited the enemy's shire of war. There are eleven sell of the line French,. ...and three Dutch,; but the information tee have . re 'ceived is, that only. three sail of the line have their guns and men on board, - the rest being nearly in a • dismantled "state., The enemy are said. to have 30,000 men, most of which, however, are Dutch undisciplined troops, and who, for the wreater part, have been forced Co telee up , arms by the French. It is said that about 10,u00 of these will joint oar - army on' its effecting a landing ; and there is rio doubt of the Dutch, like C.kvety weer people sue jeded to the domination .01 Fr , ince,'Lleing. heartily tired of the galling y.oke thee are inede to beae. The inhabitants of Antwerp are en eiotiet that the ship i of war should be entirely retuoed :roe) that pert, as the meditated attack would not tail most thateriallY to injure the town." . , . The following Letter, amongst others, spews the. prevalence 6f an opinion oti tho'contitient that hos tilities would speedily bereqcommenced :---• • " MEME:L, AUG. t o.—An ilStaffette is just arriv ed from Berlin, with accounts, that _ are• to commence with Austria and France on ti:c 13th instant, and it is said we are to take a part ill the war. The Emperor ALEXANDER is enraged ;'t the. Poles taking possession of Gallicia ill Narot,co:<'s name, and this is in some 'degree confirmed - by a" Estaffette just-come in from St. Petersburgh, ord, pg.: relays, of thirty Horses to be at all the po4t 12011 tcir a great Nrsonage,said to be CAT:LAIN covu l 'o the French Ambassador at St. lick. rsburgh.- The name of Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY has re sonnd<d t.hronghout Europe with so much celebrity , that it will be one time before peopht.are 'ciled * tO his new t ot Viscount WELLINGTON. V ie have reason ; however, to bdieve, from the extra• , ordinary ta!eiits of this gallant .and accompli - ile a Geperal, thai if Opportunity should offer, he isilt mike his new title to an equal height of fame kvit, that'which bad befoie teen sty ilo,bly disringoi!il . upon the ra - s' honour andparr c,t.c virtue.